Ryan Sidebottom ‘chuffed to bits’ to avoid Dancing On Ice elimination

Ryan Sidebottom attending the press launch for the upcoming series of Dancing On Ice at the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London. Picture date: Tuesday December 18, 2018. Photo credit should read: David Parry/PA Wire

Ryan Sidebottom has said he was “chuffed” to make it through the Dancing On Ice skate-off.

The cricketer faced off against Mark Little when both contestants ended up in the bottom two on the ITV show.

However, judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Jason Gardiner and Ashley Banjo all agreed that Sidebottom had performed better and former Neighbours star Little was given the boot.

Sharing a picture of his children on Twitter, the former England international wrote: “Chuffed to bits I’m through!